Sport Events

1. Match the words with their definitions:

2. Name the sport and translate the sentence:

1. It is a game for two or four players who hit a ball with rackets across a net.
2. It is a summer game played on a grass field by two teams with a ball, bats and wickets.
3. It is a game played by two or four persons with a small hard ball which is struck with clubs into holes.
4. It is a way of travelling or going on foot.
5. It is a team game played with oval ball.
6. It is a game played on a table using round wood bats and a small plastic ball.

DIALOGUES

1

1. Andrew: Good morning. Peter.
2. Andrew: O.K. Thanks.
3. Andrew: Who’s playing?
4. Andrew: I’d love to. Thank you very much. I'm sure the game will be interesting.
5. Andrew: When does the game begin?
6. Andrew: Of course. I’ll come and get you at 4.30.
7. Andrew : Bye .

1. Peter: At 5.30. By the way, could you come to pick me up at 4.30? My car is broken down.
2. Peter: “Rangers” and “Black Hawks”.
3. Peter: It sure will.
4. Peter: Thanks. See you tomorrow.
5. Peter: Would you like to go to the stadium tomorrow? I’ve got two tickets.
6. Peter: Hi. How are you doing ?
7. See you soon.

2

1. Ann: What kind of sport do you go in for?
2. Ann: I see. As for me, I prefer indoor games. I can play chess, draughts and table tennis.
3. Ann: Would you care for a game of table  tennis now ?
4. Ann: Never mind. I’ll try to teach you and you’ll see how well I can do it.

1. Jim: Oh, that’s fine.
2. Jim: Frankly speaking, I am not a good player.
3. Jim: In winter I go skating and skiing. Sometimes I play hockey. In summer I go in for swimming and rowing. Besides that I like athletics such as running and  jumping.
4. Jim: All right. Let’s go to the gym.

3.

1. Nick: Mike, would you like to see a good soccer match at the city stadium?
2. Nick: I don’t like leaving my friends alone. So it will have to be TV for tonight. When is the game being shown?
3. Nick: So, we don’t have to worry about him today. Now, let’s listen to the

     commentator. He is reading the names of the visiting team.

1. Mike: Don’t know. But here’s a sports paper. I think our city has a good chance of winning this match now that Brown is a goalkeeper. He is a very good goalkeeper and is in excellent form at the moment. He is highly praised in the press.
2. Yes, let’s do it.
3. Mike: No. I don’t feel well today. I don’t want to go out in weather like this. Go by yourself or else keep me company in front of the TV.

4. Read the text and fill in the gap:

The first marathon

In 490 B. C. there was a big (1) ___ between the Persians and the Greek. Persia was a huge empire, much bigger than Greece. It wanted (2)  ___ Athens. The Greek soldiers waited on top the hill while the Persian army waited on the Plain of Marathon below. There were 48,000 Persian soldiers and only 10, 000 Greek soldiers. The Greek sent (3) ___, Pheidippides, to Sparta to get help. He ran for two days over the mountains to ask the Spartans. But the Spartans would not fight until there was a full (4) ___. Pheidippides returned to (5) ___ alone. The Greeks couldn’t wait and attacked the Persian Army. The Greeks ran towards the (6) ___. Persians’ arrows flew through the air. The Greeks (7) ___. 6,400 Persians were killed and only 192 Greeks died.

The Persians ran to their ships and tried (8) ___. They tried to go to Athens to capture Greek women, children and old people waiting there. Pheidippides now had another (9) ___. He ran 40 kilometres to Athens to tell the Greeks that they had won and to tell them that the Persians were coming. He arrived at the city gates very tired. “Rejoice, we conquer!” he shouted. And then he died. From this great (10) ___ the first marathon race of the modern Olympic Games was run in 1896. It was won by a Greek (11) ___, Spiridon Louis. And, like Pheidippides a long before, he also carried messages. He was a postman.

The national sport in Canada is ice hockey. Canada is a top    ice  hockey country with nine Olympic gold medals In Canada, the United States, Nordic countries, and some other European countries the sport is known simply as hockey. Ice hockey teams have got twenty-two players  with six players in the game. Ice hockey  matches are very fast and dangerous! The most famous team of this sport is  " Torronto Maple Leaf"  and  " Monreal  Canadies" . The most popular player  Uvein  Gretski  from Canada , of course.

Basketball  is popular in about twenty countries.  Nowadays basketball become one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports . The only essential equipment in a basketball game is the ball and the court. The famous clubs and players are in the USA. Basketball is the national sport in the USA . America has got many Olympic medals and great basketball players. Basketball teams have got ten players with five players in the game. Basketball players are very tall. The most famous players are James Le Brone and Michael   Jordan.

Football is popular in two hundred countries. It is the national sport in many European and South American countries. Brazil is the world's top football country with five World Cups. Brazilians are crazy about football.  Football is an old game from Europe or China.  Modern  football, with eleven players, is from the United Kingdom. The UK has got four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland! The most  popular  teams are  Manchester United  from England and Real from Spain. The most famous player is Pelle from football club "Santos" Brazil.

6. Answer the questions to the text:

1.What is the national sport of Canada?

2.How many players are in the basketball  team?

3.What is the famous hockey team?

4. What is the national sport of the USA?

5. What is the most famous basketball team?

6.Who is the most popular basketball player?

7.What  do you   know   about football?

8.What is the most famous  football team ?

7. Complete the sentences by forming words according to the content: 

The British Sport